Ursula Pike - July 21
Ursula Pike is the author of An Indian among los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir (2021) from Heyday Books. Ms. Magazine’s Most Anticipated Reads for the Rest of Us 2021. Her work has appeared in LitHub, Yellow Medicine Review, Ligeia Magazine, World Literature Today, and O’Dark 30.
 

J.A. Jance - January 20
​J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of more than sixty books. Born in South Dakota and raised in Bisbee, Arizona. She and her husband live in the Seattle area with their two longhaired dachshunds, Mary and Jojo. 

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Alan Dean Foster 
March 17
Foster is a prolific writer whose work includes sci-fi, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He produced the novel versions of many films (Alien Films, Chronicles of Riddick, and Star Trek to name a few!) His award-winning work has been translated into more than fifty languages.

Matthew Goodman
​Sept. 15
Matthew Goodman is a New York Times-bestselling author of four books of nonfiction: The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team (Ballantine Books, 2019); Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World (Ballantine Books, 2013); The Sun and the Moon: Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York(Basic Books, 2008)
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Lee Martin - May 19
Lee Martin is the Pulitzer Prize Finalist author of The Bright Forever, and four other novels: Quakertown, River of Heaven, Break the Skin, and  Late One Night. He’s also the author of a craft book, Telling Stories: The Craft of Narrative and the Writing Life. ​

Melanie Hershorn 
Nov. 17
Melanie Herschorn wants to make your book and brand sparkle online. As a content marketing strategist for coaches and speakers worldwide, she’s on a mission to support and empower her clients to create clear messaging and content that shines a light on their individual experience, skillset, and books.